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Posted by Elece Hollis
Hi Friends,
How does your child do with holiday shopping? Does he know how to pay for his own purchases and get the correct change? Can he count change back correctly? Does he know if the cashier has given him the correct amount?
If you want your child to know how to give an receive the correct change in money transactions, have him play store and use other methods to make learning a fun experience. Learning to count change correctly is a life skill alll children need these days.
With this article on Counting Money, he can learn this essential and relatively simple skill. He can protect himself in a transaction, as well as he other party involved in the purchase or sale.
~Elece
Posted by Elece Hollis
Hello Friends,
Calling all parents, grandmas, grandpas, aunts, uncles, babysitters and older siblings! With the holidays coming up you may find yourself having the fun and responsibilty of minding a new baby. Are you up on all the baby games?
Can you remember how to play those little finger and toe games with an infant? Can you recall the rhymes and little poems and songs with motions. Do you remember Pat-a-Cake or Itsy Bitsy Spider?
Come have a look at my article about the joys and benefits of playing with your baby.
I think you will enjoy the experience of playing with a child - teaching him to concentrate and communicating with him through eye contact, facial expression, and voice. Babies love the attention when a parent takes time to stop and play on his level.
Read the article Finger Games for Babies.
~Elece
Posted by Elece Hollis
Hello Friends,
As we all prepare for christmas and New Year it is a great time to teach children about calendars and how they work. In a previous article I covered wall calendar making as a learning project. Here I refer to the making of stand-alone desk top calendars--perpetual calendars.
Perpetual calendars can be used year after year and can be decorated with a theme in mind that appeals to the person who will be using it. The students choose a theme, colors, quotations and /or Bible verses, plus pictures, drawings, or stickers to decorate the calendar's flip over pages. Instructions for making a stand and assembling the pages are included.
Children should find this an interesting project, as it allows plenty of room for creative thinking--an artsy child will especially like the challenge. If the project is too long for a child, a group of children could consider making one together with each child asigned certain days.
I hope you enjoy this article: What is a perpetual Calendar?
~Elece
Posted by Elece Hollis
Hello Readers,
My son encountered huge yellow spiders on his trip to Iraq. His description caused us to become interested in the species of spiders in our home state. This time of year spiders have woven egg sacs and kids can find these. With the use of a field guide to spiders, students can spy on spiders and indentify the creatures whose webs they see.
Children of all ages are intrigued with spiders. A spider spying adventure or two along with the reading of Charlotte's Web by E.B. White will provide plenty of interest in the subject and make a good subject for a lapbooking project for homeschoolers.
Children can learn which spiders are dangerous and how to avoid bites. Most spiders are safe and enjoyable to observe and study. So rustle up an adventure. A field guide, encyclopedia or library books on spiders will get some interest going. Plan a spider spy trip and have some good learning fun.
~Elece
Posted by Elece Hollis
Hello Friends and Readers,
Are you ready for a long road trip with your family? There are times when children need to stay quietly occupied in traffic or for long segments of time. While you pack for the holiday trip to Grandma's house for Thanksgiving or to Aunt Martha's for Christmas, have children put some thought and nervous energy into planning games and activities and collecting art supplies, games and fun stuff in a plastic busy box.
Be prepared to hit the road and enjoy the spots that might otherwise be boring for the riders or disruptive to the driver. Be safe and have fun.
~Elece
